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• Om
  Om

  noun

  a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
• Om.
  Om.

  abbreviation

  Ostmark.
• O.M.
  O.M.

  abbreviation

  Order of Merit.
• OM
  OM

  abbreviation

  Order of Merit (a Brit title)
• om
  om

  abbreviation

  Oman

Om

¹ American  

[awm] / ɔm /

Also Aum

noun

Hinduism.

Oms plural

1. a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.

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Om. ² American  

abbreviation

1. Ostmark.

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O.M. ³ American  

abbreviation

British.

1. Order of Merit.

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OM ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Order of Merit (a Brit title)

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symbol

1. currency (the former) Ostmark

Om ² British  

/ əʊm /

noun

1. Hinduism a sacred syllable typifying the three gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva, who are concerned in the threefold operation of integration, maintenance, and disintegration

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OM ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Oman (international car registration)

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om ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. Oman

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Oms
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Om

Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1780–90

Example Sentences

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Om Om. O.M. OM om Oms

At villager Om Prakash Verma's home, the constant activity has left cracks in the walls.

From Barron's ● May 31, 2026

Om is said to be the mantra describing the sound of the universe.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024

The lawmakers will move into the new building on Tuesday, Speaker Om Birla said.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023

Approving the opposition motion, lower house speaker Om Birla said he would soon decide when the debate and vote would take place.

From Reuters ● Jul. 26, 2023

And when he felt the wound smarting, he whispered the word Om, filled himself with Om.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

The places reached by steamers are marked St.; while Om. signifies Omnibus, in cases where there is no very available railway route. 

From Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood by Anonymous

My father, Tom, was Scottish and worked as a vice president at O.M.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

We at O.M. reached agreement with Newcastle, but we also talked with other English clubs.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2013

West Berlin has or will soon have new IBA buildings by O.M.

From Time Magazine Archive

Back in his old place as Leader of the Opposition for the first time since 1940, Clement Attlee, O.M., listened as Mr. Speaker read the King's Speech outlining the Tory government's new policy.

From Time Magazine Archive

A good illustration of Lincoln's disappointed, perhaps unreasonable, state of mind before McClellan's removal is furnished by Hon. O.M.

From The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him by Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher)

In County Tyrone, the OM Dark Sky Park and Observatory in Omagh has been closed, with a spokesperson saying that access to the site is expected to become increasingly difficult as the day progresses.

From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026

OM host Newcastle in the Champions League on Tuesday, with Greenwood expected to start.

From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025

“On the other hand, the OM directorate cannot accept personal threats. Its members cannot tolerate individual attacks and any form of unfounded public defamation.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

OM Digital Solutions, the new company formed after Olympus sold off its camera business to a Japanese investment fund, has announced its first camera.

From The Verge ● Feb. 15, 2022

Conversely, if P lies anywhere on the axis of y, we have always OM = 0, i.e. x = 0.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

Merkel grew up in a car family and has carried that passion into adulthood, amassing a collection of vehicles at his home in the Ponderosa neighborhood near the Phillips Creek Trailhead om Spokane County.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

The use of the sound "om," and the Sanskrit-based word "namaste" are also still banned.

From BBC ● May 21, 2021

Fighting persists in the region’s rural areas even as Ethiopian authorities insist the situation om Tigray is returning to normal.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 22, 2021

In the mix are slender diamond-studded Gothic crosses, the symbol for om, crescent moons and traditional motifs protecting against the evil eye.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2018

Why does a memory like that ff om childhood remain with me so strongly, and why does it frighten me now?

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

The 39-foot-tall pastel Draags keep leashes on the Oms, their tiny pets descended from humans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2021

Co-founder Carolina Oms has started to plan for the year ahead.

From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2018

“The good thing about this model is that it doesn’t demand anything in return except for good journalism,” Oms said.

From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2018

By Oms, the dog of the lower regions, I shall find her," said old Souhem, "even if I have to walk living to the very confines of the Western Region to which travel the dead.

From The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt by Sumichrast, Frederick C. de (Frederick Caesar de)